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i mean, that's a big tree. >> no one was injured, but power is out. bge crews are working there. roosevelt leftwich, abc2 news. >>> here's a look at tonight's top stories. weeks after a deadly hit-and- run, abc2 news obtained the dispatch tapes. the tapes showed the initial confusion at the scene. the car pulled over belongs to a woman from severn. >>> the space shuttle is heading to the international space station. it's the start of the last space shuttle mission after 30 year and 135 missions, the shuttles are being grounded. >>> news from around the nations starts in michigan. the police say that one of the people that a man killed in a shooting spree was his 12-year- old daughter. he killed her and her mother. he went to another home and killed another former girlfriend and her mother. he killed seven people before taking hostages in a stranger's home. he then killed himself. >>> a prison break was caught on tape. two prisoners staged a fight and the original pair barged through the door and escaped. one of the suspects was caught. the other was found three days later. >>> ca
i mean, that's a big tree. >> no one was injured, but power is out. bge crews are working there. roosevelt leftwich, abc2 news. >>> here's a look at tonight's top stories. weeks after a deadly hit-and- run, abc2 news obtained the dispatch tapes. the tapes showed the initial confusion at the scene. the car pulled over belongs to a woman from severn. >>> the space shuttle is heading to the international space station. it's the start of the last space shuttle mission after...
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. >> this is basically big brother. >> violence shuts down the parkway. tonight we want to know if this is a message to stop taking pictures. >>> another child will go missing. we talk to the people who want it to stop. >>> if you lost 20, 40, 100 pounds would you enter a beauty contest? one did, her prize wasn't just the smaller size. the news starts right now. >>> an attack on a speed camera operator or an act of civil disobedience? either way it shut down a lieway for much of the afternoon. police are still looking for the man who tapped on the vehicle with shot gun and then smashed out the wind shield with a hammer. people who don't like the cameras aren't defending the man flight. >> reporter: no. i spoke with the state senator, she voted against the speed camera when it was approved in 2009. she said she doesn't agree with the violence but said she can understand it. you can see the broken glass on the wind shield of the vehicle that was parked near the 195. police say a man walked out of the wood s with a gun and hammer. he tapped on the window and
. >> this is basically big brother. >> violence shuts down the parkway. tonight we want to know if this is a message to stop taking pictures. >>> another child will go missing. we talk to the people who want it to stop. >>> if you lost 20, 40, 100 pounds would you enter a beauty contest? one did, her prize wasn't just the smaller size. the news starts right now. >>> an attack on a speed camera operator or an act of civil disobedience? either way it shut...
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video of a big fire. this is a transformer fire near phoenix. 30,000 people still in the dark this morning. but when the whole thing broke about 80,000 people were without power in that hot afternoon sun out in arizona. investigators blame the 100 plus degree temperatures on the incident. a cooler center has been set up for those who lost power. >> look at this. flames gutted three buildings in downtown charleston, south carolina. witnesses spotted flames on the porch of a home that happened early yesterday morning. that fire spread to two other buildings and a number of cars as well as motorcycle. the fire spread burning three buildings 7 cars, one motorcycle. no one was hurt but investigators say there's a serial arsonist in the area and may be to blame. >>> now "good morning maryland." >>> exxon has to pay. that's the verdict handed down in the jury in jacksonville. how do the homeowners collect? >>> they needed 55,000 votes and this morning the dream act goes to referendum. what that means for childre
video of a big fire. this is a transformer fire near phoenix. 30,000 people still in the dark this morning. but when the whole thing broke about 80,000 people were without power in that hot afternoon sun out in arizona. investigators blame the 100 plus degree temperatures on the incident. a cooler center has been set up for those who lost power. >> look at this. flames gutted three buildings in downtown charleston, south carolina. witnesses spotted flames on the porch of a home that...
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chicago will have the big show on the 4th but the show for the big food fest has been cancelled? why, the budget worries. but one texas town, amarillo has come up with a solution to the problem. no pyrotechnics but a laser show. >> new and safe and celebrating a wonderful day. and we have our own party going on. and you can see the african-american fest is going on. thousands of people have experience the fun. if you haven't gone, you still have a little time to check it out. we'll have it until about 9:00 tonight. it is free to enter. >>> before we go to the break, here is a live look. it's right on 50 and traffic looks really good right now. people are spending the night in ocean city. but tomorrow at this time come back and see a difference. we'll have a check on the weather right after this. p?p?p?p?p?p?p? . >>> we have fireworks tonight. and show us. >> clear of baltimore but south of baltimore and the annapolis area you can see the storm tracking steadily south here on the radar. so, all the interest in anne arundel county take shelter for the next 30 minutes. it will clear
chicago will have the big show on the 4th but the show for the big food fest has been cancelled? why, the budget worries. but one texas town, amarillo has come up with a solution to the problem. no pyrotechnics but a laser show. >> new and safe and celebrating a wonderful day. and we have our own party going on. and you can see the african-american fest is going on. thousands of people have experience the fun. if you haven't gone, you still have a little time to check it out. we'll have...
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we have a big one blowing up here. bethany and north ocean city that should begin moving out to sea. to the west these are the storms that have the potential to impact central maryland. optimistic number one i'm seeing that these are weakening and they tend to be moving a little bit southeast. we certainly could see hit or miss showers especially fredrick and down towards gatorsburg. a little light rain coming on i 270 l. optimistic that we will see a brief passing shower and most of us should stay storm free and maybe nothing more than a brief passing shower. we'll take that for fireworks tonight. 87 now. 90 in eastern. 89 in ocean city. it is a steamy one. little cooler to the west. for the most part it is another muggy classic july evening here. dew point of 70 in annapolis. that is muggy. as you go further north and east towards like elkton things are not quite as oppressive humiditywise. early look at what the weather will shape up to be. tomorrow federal hill about 90. 88 or so. as we take a look at the overall r
we have a big one blowing up here. bethany and north ocean city that should begin moving out to sea. to the west these are the storms that have the potential to impact central maryland. optimistic number one i'm seeing that these are weakening and they tend to be moving a little bit southeast. we certainly could see hit or miss showers especially fredrick and down towards gatorsburg. a little light rain coming on i 270 l. optimistic that we will see a brief passing shower and most of us should...
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. >>> there will be fireworks tonight in fullerton, annapolis, bell air but the big daddy at inner harbor. we go live to christian schaffer. can you feel police presence? >> reporter: they always say they bring out the uniformed officers. there will be officers here tonight not in uniforms. we are starting to see some of the festival goers getting into the inner harbor l. has been music playing since noon today and that will go on right up until the show starts at 9:30 tonight. the actual fireworks are about a mile to our south in curtis bay and will be flying over us when the show actually starts. that is where two barges have been stacked up. you look for different kinds of fireworks. it is the 30th anniversary of the national aquarium. they are deploying jellyfish shells. we'll see what those look like. we're talking about half moon shells. in all more than 1400 shells going to go up in the show that is 18 minutes long all synchronized to music. they say it is going to be a great show and also a safe one. >> safety is our number one concern. we always do everything above and beyond saf
. >>> there will be fireworks tonight in fullerton, annapolis, bell air but the big daddy at inner harbor. we go live to christian schaffer. can you feel police presence? >> reporter: they always say they bring out the uniformed officers. there will be officers here tonight not in uniforms. we are starting to see some of the festival goers getting into the inner harbor l. has been music playing since noon today and that will go on right up until the show starts at 9:30 tonight....
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big contrast in temperatures and i will tell you, i would rather be out in the country with fresh cool air a nice morning and we will warm up once we get the sun up in a half-hour's time frame. clear skies this morning and we will look for a few high clouds mixed in this afternoon. but overall, we will heat it up a little bit. yesterday it was 86 and pushing 89 and we will talk about the 90s this weekend coming up. hereton yo with a -- -- here's tonya with traffic. >> reporter: no major incidents on the highway. we are going to look at 50 at sandy point. we have our commuters moving westbound towards annapolis. that's where most of the traffic is now. we have a few smart people going eastbound getting an early start at the toll plaza to go to the eastern shore. we have some construction that has been wrapped up. 359 northbound at mlk is flowing free lee. -- 395 northbound at mlk flowing freely. >>> a big surprise for a group who were snorkeling off the coast of south florida. they spotted a whale shark cruising close to that shore. this is the largest fish in the ocean and possibly one
big contrast in temperatures and i will tell you, i would rather be out in the country with fresh cool air a nice morning and we will warm up once we get the sun up in a half-hour's time frame. clear skies this morning and we will look for a few high clouds mixed in this afternoon. but overall, we will heat it up a little bit. yesterday it was 86 and pushing 89 and we will talk about the 90s this weekend coming up. hereton yo with a -- -- here's tonya with traffic. >> reporter: no major...
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. >>> the big pothole in the middle of the street that jerks you awake in the morning. do you have any. >> yeah. are you kidding? >> stephanie rawlings-blake wants to fix it and it is part of a new initiative focused on paving and focused on neighborhood roads. the city now has a new paving machine which will make streets better and safer. the mayor says the transportation department is jumping 60% of their budget and it jumped 60% from last year. >>> a special reunion at johns hopkins children's center. patient who is graduated from the neo natal intensive care unit will be reunited with the doctors and the nurses and the staff members that cared for them during the most vulnerable first months of life. it's a video of a similar reunion that happens every year at the university of maryland medical isn'ter in april. >>> if you are on twit -- center in april. >>> inform you were on twitter, you had a chance to let the president know what was on your mind. he had the first twitter town hall meeting and answered questions to the white house. this happened in the east room.
. >>> the big pothole in the middle of the street that jerks you awake in the morning. do you have any. >> yeah. are you kidding? >> stephanie rawlings-blake wants to fix it and it is part of a new initiative focused on paving and focused on neighborhood roads. the city now has a new paving machine which will make streets better and safer. the mayor says the transportation department is jumping 60% of their budget and it jumped 60% from last year. >>> a special...
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i guess in the end no big surprise that casey anthony didn't testify. >> no big surprise, except that now the defense is in a position where they have not a single bit of evidence to back up the claim that they made in opening statement about george anthony abusing casey, about george anthony disposing of the body, not an iota of evidence. i don't think they'll even be able to argue it in closing arguments. >> do you think they even really considered -- casey ever really considered taking the stand? >> yes, i think that they really did consider it because that's the only source of evidence as dan pointed out many times in closing arguments i've objected number one just throw the defense off their closing statement but facts not in evidence. you can't argue something out of whole cloth but something i found out, another reason she did not take the stand in a sidebar and the transcript is just coming out, the state warned the defense if she takes the stand and you begin to talk about family dysfunction, we're going to bring in literally hundreds, hundreds of checks tot mom stole from he
i guess in the end no big surprise that casey anthony didn't testify. >> no big surprise, except that now the defense is in a position where they have not a single bit of evidence to back up the claim that they made in opening statement about george anthony abusing casey, about george anthony disposing of the body, not an iota of evidence. i don't think they'll even be able to argue it in closing arguments. >> do you think they even really considered -- casey ever really considered...